Stock-car



(No Model.)

G. D. BURTON.

STOCK OAR.

No. 348,886. Patented Sept. '7, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. BURTON, OF NEW' IPSVIGH, NEW HAMP$HIRE STOCK-CAR.

ESPECIPICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 358,886, dated September '7, 1886.

Application filed March 22, 1886. Serial No. 106,175/

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Gnoncn D. BURTON, of New Ipswich, countyof Hillsborough, State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Stock-Cars, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

The object of my invention relating to stockears is to provide means for controlling the amount of air admitted to the car, so that the animals may be kept warmer in cold weather than in cars of usual construction. Stock-ears as now made are usuallylprovided with openings in the sides to admit air to the animals, these openings being usually made by omitting one or two strips of the boarding at the sides of the car, and also by providing the doors with openings, the said doors being made of framing traversed by iron bars. The openings have to be made sufficiently large to admit air enough for the animals in warm, still weather, and in cold weather, when the Wind is high, they admit much more air than is required for proper ventilation, and make the interior of the ear very cold. In order to remove this objection and enable the amount of air admitted to the car to be regulated in accordance with the requirements, the ear is,

in accordance with the present invention,pr0- vided with movable covers for the openings, and means to operate them, so that the openings may be partially or wholly covered or closed, when desired.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car provided-with means for controlling the admission of air in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section thereof; Fig. 3, a detail showing the means for operating the covers to the openings in the sides of the ear; Figs. and 5, details showing a modification oi the covers and means for operating them; Fig. 6, a partial perspective View of the cardoor; Fig. 7, a sectional detail thereof; and Fig. 8, a modification shown in perspective.

The carbody a may be of any suitable or usual construction, and is provided with the usual openings, 1), along its sides, (shown as narrow slits,) extendinglengthwise of the car, and formed by emitting a portion oi'theboards forming the sheathing at the sides.

In order to control the admission of air (No model.)

through the openings Z), or to fully close the said openings, if desired, in cold windy weather, the ear is, in accordance with this invention, provided with movable covers 0 c for the said openings, shown in Fig. 2 as long thin strips of a width equal to that of the openings b, and arranged to slide vertically on the sides of the car, so that they may partially or Wholly cover the said openings, as shown on the left-hand side of Fig. 2, or leave the said openings uncovered, in order to admit the air, as shown on the right-hand side of Fig. 2.

The movable covers 0 0 may be operated by suitable handles, (Z, best shown in Fig. 3, extending through the top of the car, and provided with means to hold them at any desired height, in order to wholly or partially cover the openings in the car.

As shown in Fig. 3, the shank portion of the handle dis provided with a series of shoulders, d, any one of which may be placed in engagement with the plate 11'' at the side of the opening in the top of the car through which the said shank works, thus enabling it and the connected covers 0 c to be retained at any desired elevation.

As shown in Figs. 4. and 5, the covers 0 are pivoted in arms or brackets c*,eonnected with the side walls of the car, near the ends of the openings I), and the said covers are operated by cranks d connected with the shank d of the hankle d at the top of the car, by which the covers 0 may be turned to and retained at any desired angle, to admit more or less air through the openings Z), or to wholly close the said openings, as shown in Fig. 4.

As shown in Fig. 8, the covers 0 are pivoted in line with the sheathing of the side of the car, and are provided with notches c to re ceive the upright framing, m, of the ear, and the said covers are operated by a rod, d ,having its handle (1 in position to be operated from the interior of the ear, the said rod being provided with a shoulder, (F, by which it is supported in position to retain the covers 0 at right angles to the openings in condition to admit air.

The doors D of the car are made, as best shown in'Fig. 6, of an open frame, the lower portion of which is closed by a suitable panel, 0, and the upper portion of which is left open and provided with bars 6. The uprights of the doors are, as shown in this instance, provided with grooves f, which receive a vertically-moving panel or cover, g, that may be raised to partially or wholly cover the opening in the upper part of the door. The cover g,when raised, may be engaged and supported by a device, 71, shown as a sliding latch or (log.

1n order to enable the car to be cleaned, or refuse matter to be thrown out without opening the doors D, the said doors may be provided with a small opening in the lower portion,having a sliding cover, a, (shown in Fig.

7 1,) which may be opened, when desired, without opening the doors D, thus enabling refuse matter to be thrown out without admitting a large amount of cold air, and also without affording an opportunity for small animalssuch, for instance, as calves-to escape.

By means of the herein-described covers, the person in charge of the stoclecar is enabled to close the openings in cold or windy weather, when sufficient air will find its way through the crevices to keep the ear properly ventilated, and when the wind is in the proper direction the openings atone side of the car may be closed while those at the other side are retained open, and the animals may thus be supplied with the necessary amount of fresh air without exposing them to severe cold.

I claim to this specification in the presence of two sub- 5 scribing witnesses.

GEO. D. BURTON.

XVitnesses:

E. F. InRKINs, CHAS, F. ADAMS. 

